In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown